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`Specification of Letters Patent No. 26,379, datedZIIJecember` To all whom it may concern: `i j Be it known `that I, ISAAC C. SHULER, of Amsterdam, in the county of Montgomery and `State of New York, have devisedvarious' Improvements in the Construction of Sheet-Metal Coins; and I do hereby de-` clare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing,part of this specification, and which represents a vertical longitudinal section of a sheet-metal coffin embracing my improvements.

The drawing and the method of construction will be understood from the subjoined description.

Galvanized sheet iron is the most suitable metal for the construction of these collins. I cut out the sides (A) in proper coiiin shape, and put the corners together with a double lock joint on the outside, which joint is beaten down against the sides, being further stifened by an iron bar soldered opposite to it on the inside; or, reversing the process, I turn the joint inward, and place a stiifening bar on the outside, according to the style of the general outside nish of the co n. I then set this structure upon an ample bottom (S), whose edges are locked into the edges of the sides, and bent upward against the same and soldered thereto, thus forming the large and stiifening` joint (C), which serves as an outside base-frame. All around this joint I still place the outside frame (D), for the further stitfening of the base. Underneath the bottom (S) I then solder on the frame (g), also for stitfening the base. On the inside of the base I then set the tray whose upper edge is stiiiened all around by the frame (t), and is so formed that it can be either bent over against the sides and soldered thereto, or set away, leaving space for molten metal, according to the size and required strength of the coiiin. On either side of the top of the walls (A) I place the two frames (H and I) directly opposite each other, the wall protruding between them, and left flush above. a

H, and I,-apparently two frames are in fact cast together, being connected at the corners, and leaving a slot through which the walls protrude. The iiush portion of the walls, after being riveted to the double frame, is bent down over the outside portion I, for the double purposeof presenting a good soldering surface, and of saving the cast metal from exposure `to the elements which exposureit islnotfxso,competent@ j a endure as is the galvanized iron; Thezframe@` H has `a groove in itsuppersurfaceMI thcn construct the concave cover on 1th in-Yi side of which is `setthe entinecastjframe" as a stiftening.` This `frame consists`,`ana` j j lytically of two rims, held together bywthe j curved studs, the upperfrim beingfixed infw; j the upper inside anglejof the cover J, and`65 1j the lower fitting into theslot or groovegjin the frame H. Oppositethel frame which@ j ts this groove is `another (T) over whicli w the flush edge ofthe cover J, `is bent backi ward and soldered, inclosing the frame (0"). 170 l When the corpse isplaced in the coffin, this t l; curved edge is soldered to the flushedgeuof, i

`the walls `before mentionedas beingjbent over the `frame I, forming] an air-tightlijoint.;lf i The upper surface of the covervisfpierced for the reception "of the glass.` Intothe 1f orifice is droppedthe frameor sash (m), if and when the glass is set, it is securedin its place by the frame (o) which `isfscrewed down,on the cement of thefwindow,holdingigo it permanently; yetlitmay be removedwhen f` i the glass happens` to" getlbroken.` To thej outer frame (I) is` attached the outercover j (n) in four pieces which open at the` top, l l" being hinged at the bottom ltothefrarne (I). `3; Directly above this is `applied the extreme I( j cover (V), which is screwed (to thecover` (n) when the coffin is closed, Sand is stift'ened j on the top by the frame ,Below the frame (I), I place aboutthe body `ofythe `M coffin the center frame` whichjservesto" stiii'en the walls in the neighborhoodof the handles. The wholemayybe thenfgrained" or painted according totaste.`

v Having thus describ d my invention what )i Iclaim is: i i 3i i g l. The arrangement ofstiffening thefbasef of a sheet metal coiiin by locking `together1 the surplus edges of the `walls andfbottom,` forming a rim (C) surroundinggthe base; `10o also the frame (D). i j j j 2. The inside `tray (E), whose bottom `is" j in permanent contactwiththeexterior-bots` `I j tom (S), and whose sidesmaybe soldered? 1 directly to the walls, (A),orset away,leav-` `105 f ing a chamber to be filled `with molten metal# a as described. l ,j 1 1 j 3. The arrangement of scrolling` or double-1 locking the walls at the corners, in order by@ j 3 making a voluminous jointto stiien and 1103` brace the general structure, Whether the body of the joint be formed on the inner or outer side of the coffin.

4. I claim the slotted or double rim I-I, I, through which the Walls protrude, as described, for the purpose of stiffening the upper edges of the Walls and sustaining the lid or cover. Also the arrangement of folding the surplus edges of the Walls over the frame (I) for the purpose specified.

5. I claim stiffening the cover (J) With the frame (7) near its outer edge, on the upper side, and closing the surplus sheetJ metal over the same.

6. I claim for the purpose of stifening ISAAC C. SHULER.

/Vitnesses:

B. F. BLOOD, JOHN BLooD. 

